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This gent seems is tester of unit.
Unit has name and model designation now it seems.
biglry Wrote:
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> Hi,
> BIGLRY here with an update of my detecting and co
> ntinuing used of the Tarsacci metal detector.
> I now have a short 40+ hrs on the TDI-8000, all on
> the beaches of the Central Coast of Calif.(Pismo B
> each, Avila Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano Beach). Fi
> rst, this is one hell of a deep machine on some mi
> ghty small targets.
> After 15 years of beach detecting with the Sov GT,
> a few Excals, and my most recently add in March of
> the Nox 800 and Nox 600 I found my first 1944 "P"
> War Nickel with the TDI-8000. The find was in hard
> pack, iron infested soil found under the beach san
> d next to a sea wall in Avila Beach, it was 13" de
> ep and totally unrecognizable as a Nickel other th
> an its roundness with a thick hard green coating o
> n it.
> Only after soaking and working with a dental pick
> did the Nickel reveal the date and that it was a s
> ilver "P" War Nickel. I now have hit a silver lobs
> ter claw connector with 3 small chain links at 13"
> and a few ear ring studs at 8" to 12" and some cla
> d dimes and quarter from 12" to 16". I am also fin
> ding the target ID numbers to be surprisingly very
> accurate, only having issues with the crown tops w
> ith numbers that jump all over, but I have that is
> sue on all my machines and feel it has to do with
> the crown tops and their shape, saw tooth edges an
> d metallic composition, not a problem just somethi
> ng to be aware of..
>
> Most all my hunting is in the waist deep water or
> wet sand to the towel line. The MDT-8000 and has p
> roven to be water resistant so far, I wash it off
> in fresh water after every hunt and have seen no i
> ndication of water intrusion anywhere, I do check
> the o-ringed battery compartment after each wash j
> ust to be sure. The earphones that came with the m
> achine are quite well built, which was a surprises
> as I'm used to the !!!! Minelab sends, the TDI-800
> 0 earphones were comfortable, plenty loud and clea
> r... a pleasure to use, but I know everyone has th
> eir own headphone demands & requirements so I did
> try the Equinox 800 blue tooth headphones but with
> a wired connection (the TDI-8000 is NOT wireless)
> and the NOX 600 headphones, Mr. Gold's, Grey Ghost
> and some high quality EBR ear buds and I personall
> y found the stock ones that came with the TDI-8000
> were as good or better than the ones I mentioned.
>
> I have run 20 hrs in 6.4Kz and over 20 hrs in 18Kz
> and found the rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (3.
> 7V, 5000mAh) goes about 13 to 14 hrs in 6.4Kz and
> over to 20 hrs in the 18Kz setting, I still have n
> ot charged the battery since I started using it in
> 18Kz so I don't know how long it will last in 18Kz
> .
> This machine hits very hard on micro jewelry and
> small targets. I have been fooled by the fact it d
> oes hit so hard on small targets thinking they wer
> e shallower or bigger that I thought. I ran across
> a six pack of empty beer cans that some idiot buri
> ed just under the sand in a bag and found the mach
> ine has an over load... "OVL" pops up n the screen
> if there is to much of a signal also noticed this
> happen when turning on machine to check battery wh
> ile next to my truck and not being careful where I
> set the coil.
>
> I have not used the pin point much as the coil is
> very responsive from heal to toe and if any of you
> know the "Sovern wiggle" you know how that works a
> nd this machined does it to perfection in my optio
> n. the TDI_8000 coil with a good wiggle will do th
> e same thing to narrow down target location withou
> t the need to pin point.
> I also have not been using the supplied coil cover
> as I was told that the coil bottom was filled in a
> tough epoxy so I wanted to see how much wear it wo
> uld get without the coil cover and am very pleased
> to report after over 40 hours of dragging through
> and bumping off the sand and gravel the bottom of
> the coil has shown no wear in fact other than a fe
> w light scratches you would think it was unused.
>
> the TDI-800 is a very well balanced, solid, all co
> mposite graphite machine with high grade shaft loc
> ks/clamps. You don't need to use the push pin lock
> ing if you want to adjust between the pin holes, t
> he shaft locks/clamps hold the shafts together tig
> ht with no flex or shaft rotation and at under 3 l
> bs. a real pleasure to swing all day. While I'm on
> the subject of the swing I have found you can swin
> g the coil at a fairly fast rate. Now I know swing
> rates are very subjective to each person, so let m
> e say you can swing a hell of a lot faster than an
> Ecall or Sov GT and I dare say as fast as the Nox.
> Yep you can move it fairly fast and feel confident
> you are not going to miss anything.
>
> I do like the idea behind the Salt balance and fou
> nd the numbers did not change day to day, but when
> I detected next to a stream of fresh water going i
> nto the ocean I did get a change in the numbers as
> to the salinity and how much it had changed.
> It also took me some time to understand the thresh
> old adjustment as there is no sound like I am used
> to. I learned the threshold works in conjunction w
> ith the sensitivity setting and really helps on re
> ducing chatter without sacrificing as much depth.
> I look at it a fine tune sensitivity adjustment th
> at once you set you sensitivity and find you have
> some light chatter you can get quite with a drop i
> n the threshold say -2 to -3 and you still have al
> l the depth.
>
> My overall conclusion after just 40+ hours use on
> only beaches... the Tarsacci TDI-8000 is a keepe
> r and I look forward to posting some pic of finds
> that I know are coming with this detector.
>
> Respectfully,
> BIGLRY